Container valve



June 28, 1938. s H'ARTOG 2,121,913

CONTAINERHNALVE 7' Filed June 21, 1937 Patented June 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE CONTAINER VALVE Stephen D. Hal-tog, Normandy, M0. Application June 21,1937, Serial No. 149,353 Claims. (01. 221-60) tainer valves, more particularly, to valves adapted foruse on collapsible tubes.

The purpose and use of container valves, caps,

closures, and like devices employedto open and close the discharge aperture of tubes has been abundantly described in extant literature, and:

further reiteration therefore'would onlyz'be .ad-

10 ditional surplusagaexcept, to brieflysummarize;

quantity of material used in the make-up of the valve should be within scant limits.

v 5'.- The primary object, therefore, ofthe invention.

herein-described and illustrated, is'to provide a V container valve-designed and constructedin such, a novel, economical, and practical manner, that all of the difficulties and in'capacities encountered 1 Qhinprior art types of container valves are surmounted.

To such ends the'inventionherein described and'illustrated provides:

A'container valve having few parts in itsqconstruction.

A container valve closure having oscillator movement upon a pivot and bearing of novel construction.

A" container valve having a closure capable of being sustained, supportedly in any suitableposition within the sweep of its oscillatory movement.

A container valve having resiliently yieldable lock engaging means.

' A'container valve in which all of its parts are "so designed and constructed that theyare capable of j'production by means'of die-forming processes,

thus insuring economical production, accurate duplication, and indefinite reproduction.v

v For the purpose more clearly to understand the expressed objects, and other attending objectaof.

the container valve herein described and illustrated, the following description is' given, and by aid of the accompanying drawingv it is discerne 551113182 gThis' specification, aided by the accompanying, drawing, discloses certain improvements .in'con- Fig; 1 is a plan view of the container valve shown in mounted position upon a tube.

Fig. 2 is a view in cross-section on line 22 Fig. 1, illustrated as in mounted position upon the neck portion of acontainer. Fig. 3 is a side view in elevation of the container Valve shown mounted upon a fragmentary portion of acontainer. v

Fig. 4 is a plan View ofan integrally unitary aperture slug. 10..-

Fig. 5 is; a cross-section view on line 5-5, Fig. 4:. I

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a fabricated washer.

Fig. '7 is a cross-sectionalview thereof on line- The parts constituting the container valve are herein designated numerically and in the order of which l0 designates a portion of a container body denominated a collapsible tube. Formedon the apertured dischargeend of the tube Ill is an 20 apertured neck ll, having at the base thereof a ledge l2.on which there is a surface i3 providing a shoulder. Mounted on the apertured neck ll and having a bearing upon the surface 13, is that of a die-formed integrally unitary metallic slug 5 I4 having an aperture 15, the aperture l5 beingsized to fit snugly on the neck I I. Within the surfacesurrounding the aperture [5 there is a chamfer I6, and into which chamfer a rim of metal I! is spun to secure the slug I4 to theneck 30 of the tube. Within the body of'the slug |4,.a depression I8 is formed by punchinga portion 19 of the body of the slug'only part way through; thus, adepression is formed in one surface and a projectinggportion 20 is expressed-upon the op- 5 posite surface of the-slug. Extending laterally from the body'of the slug M are limbs-2i and 22 rectangular in form as and when punched'from flat metal, and designed 1 to provide bearings.

Within a face end surface midway the extremi- 40.,

ties of the projecting limbs 2| and 22, an in-; dentation 23 is formed. The discharge aperture 24 of the tube isprovided with a closure 25, hav-- ing projecting portions26 and 2'l, Which portions are bent to form journal bearings adapted to em- .45 brace the limbs 2| and 22 0f the slug, and upon Which journal bearings the closure 25 has oscillatory movement. The closure 25 is also provided witha projecting tang 28, formed to engage the indentation 23 andto contact spring tensionally 50.

therein, whereby the closure is not only prevented from having lateral movement on its bearings, but the closure is alsocapable of being sustained supporte dly in any suitable position in which it ma b lewrs w tlainrh sw of its o i a o y,

movement. In order to maintain the closure in its aperture-closing position on the tube, a resiliently yielding locking means is provided by forming angularly bent portions 29 and 30 and in which portions a tab of metal 3! is formed to provide a latch adapted to engage the surface 32 of the slug M. In order to provide the requisite spring tensional resiliency for the closure locking means, an opening 33, aided by cut-out-notches 34 and 35, is formed in the cover or closure, and between which opening there are stay portions 36 and 37 having a yieldingly resilient spring tensional capacity. The width and length of the stay portions can be properly proportioned to accommodate any desirable resiliency. To prevent leakage of the valve a fabricated disc 38 apertured and having a yieldable compressive capacity is employed. The fabricated disc is positioned within the depression E8 of the slug, and in which position serves to prevent leakage by forming a seal with the cover, due to its yieldability under contact pressure of the closure, when the closure is pressed to a locked engagement with the slug.

The opening of the closure is brought about by finger pressure exerted against the under surface 39 of the bent projection 30.

Having thus described the invention, it is obvious that there is provided a container valve of the character described, and possessed of the advantageous features hereinbefore enumerated as desirable. It is therefore to be understood that the container valve is susceptible of modification in its form, proportions, detailed construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to structural features, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosed comprises the preferred form of several modes of putting the invention into effect and the invention therefore is claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the legitimate and valid scope of the appended claims.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, this invention as, in and for:

1. In a valve for the discharge end of a collapsible tube, the valve comprising a closure, a support for the closure, the support for the closure comprising a non-resilient slug'of fiat metal provided with rectangularly formed journal bear- 1 ing axes, a closure having journal bearings adapted to embrace the rectangularly formed journal bearing axes of the slug, an aperture within the slug dimensioned to fit the neck of the tube, and means to secure the slug to the collapsible tube.

2. In a valve for containers, the valve com.- prising a closure, a support for the closure, the support for the closure comprising an integrally unitary non-resilient metallic slug provided with rectangularly formed journal bearing axes, a centrally formed depression within the slug providing a seat for a sealing gasket for the closure, an oppositely formed projection expressed on the surface of the slug providing a seat for the slug on the tube, a closure having journal bearings operative on the journal bearing axes of the slug, an aperture within the slug dimensioned to fit the neck of the tube and means to secure the slug to the collapsible tube.

3. A container valve comprising a non-resilient slug of flat metal adapted to be attached to the discharge end of the container, an aperture within the slug, integral portions of the slug having rectangular form providing means to support an aperture closure, the aperture closure being provided with journal bearings, the mentioned journal bearings of the closure being constructed and adapted to embrace three surfaces of the rectangular form of the slug supporting means and to over-lap the same in capacity not less than the thickness of the metal or which the slug is made, and means to secure the slug to the discharge end of the container.

4. A container valve comprising a non-resilient slug of flat metal adapted to be attached to the discharge end of the container, an aperture within the slug, integral portions of the slug having rectangular form providing means to support an aperture closure, the aperture closure being provided with bearings, the mentioned bearings of the closure being constructed and adapted to embrace the slug supporting means overlappingly in capacity to the extent of enveloping the supporting means of the slug in excess of the thickness of the metal of which the slug is made, and means to secure the slug to the discharge end of the container. 7

5. A container valve comprising an apertured slug of non-resilient flat metal adapted for assembly upon the discharge end of a container, the mentioned slug having rectangularly formed portions ,to provide the sole means by which a valve opening and closing member is supported for operative movement on the mentioned slug, the mentioned valve opening and closing member being provided with portions adapted to embrace the supporting portions of the mentioned slug, whereby the mentioned valve openingand closing member is capable of movement to open and close the aperture of the valve, and means to secure the mentioned slug to the discharge end of a container.

6. As a new article of manufacture, the new article of manufacture comprising a non-resilient metal slug adapted for attachment to the discharge end of a collapsible tube, the metallic slug having an aperture within a portion of the slug ofi-set from the plain surface of the slug, the off-set portion of the slug being severed from the body of the metal of the slug yet remaining contactingly engaged thereto, thereby forming a depression within the surface of the slug, and an expressed protecting portion formed on the opposite surface of the slug, and the mentioned aperture within the mentioned oiT-set portion of the slug arranged to provide means by which the mentioned slug is attached to the discharge end of a collapsible tube.

7. As a new article of manufacture, the new article of manufacture comprising a non-resilient metallic slug adapted for attachment to the discharge end of a container, the metallic slug having an aperture within a portion of the slug 01T- set from the plain surface of the slug, the off-set portion of the slug being severed from the body of the metal of the slug yet remaining contactingly engaged thereto, thereby forming a depression Within the surface of the slug and an expressed projection on the opposite surface of the slug, the mentioned slug having marginal portions surrounding the mentioned oiT-set portionof the slug, the mentioned aperture within the mentioned oif-set portion of the slug arranged to provide the means by which the mentioned slug is attached to the discharge end of a container.

8. In a valve for the discharge end of a collapsible tube, a closure for the aperture of the valve, a support for the closure, said support comprising an integrally unitary non-resilient metallic slug provided with portions forming bearings, the slug having an aperturedoff-set portion forming a depression within the surface of the slug providing a seat for an apertured gasket, an expressed projecting portion on the opposite surface of the slug providing a seat for the slug on the tube, the aperture Within the oilset portion of the slug being dimensioned to fit the neck of the tube, and means to secure the slug to the collapsible tube.

9. A collapsible tube valve comprising a nonresilient metallic slug apertured to provide a collar for the neck of a collapsible tube, portions 011 the collar to provide bearings, a depression formed within the collar, aperture sealing means seated within the depression formed in the collar, a closure for the discharge aperture of the tube, journal bearings on the closure, the bear- 7 ings on the closure adapted to embrace the bearing portions formed upon the collar, resiliently yielding means to lock the closure upon the collar, means yieldingly contacting the bearing porlar, thereby providing means by which the 010- sure has oscillatory movement on the respective bearings thus provided, sealing means for the closure, the sealing means being yieldingly susceptible of compression under the contacting pressure of the closure, yielding means adapted to lock the closure to the collar, and contact means adapted to maintain the closure in any position in which it may be positioned within the I sweep of its oscillatory movement, the mentioned contact means being operative within a niche formed in the slug thereby preventing lateral displacement of the closure.

STEPHEN D. HARTOG. 

